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Boston Bruins to introduce Claude Julien as new coach on Thursday

BOSTON (CP) - The Boston Bruins have called a Thursday morning news conference to introduce Claude Julien as the team's new head coach, a source told The Canadian Press.

Julien will take over from Dave Lewis, who was fired by Boston last Friday. The 47-year-old Julien was relieved of his head coaching duties by the New Jersey Devils with three games to go in the regular season. The Devils were 47-24-8 during his time there.

Lewis led the Bruins to a 35-41-6 record in his only season. He was fired more than two months after they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has been on the job only 11 months and has already fired two coaches. Mike Sullivan was let go after Chiarelli took over as part of a major front-office shakeup.

It will be the second time that the Bruins have turned to a Devils coach who was fired by New Jersey in the waning days of the regular season. Robbie Ftorek was fired by New Jersey with eight games left in the 1999-2000 season.